Description of the attraction
In the area of Gdansk called the Old Town on agiewniki Street, there are two ancient churches of interest to tourists and believers. One of them is consecrated in the name of St. Bartholomew. The one-nave church, whose presbytery overlooks Lagiewniki Street, was erected in the years 1482-1495. It was built in the strict Gothic style, the beauty of which was set off by the high bell tower that appeared in the years 1591-1600. For a long time this temple was considered the main city church: it received parishioners from all over the area. In the period from 1524 to 1945, Lutheran services were held there, then until 1990 it belonged to the Jesuit Order, and in recent years it has been owned by the Greek Catholic Church. The local Greek Catholic parish has been operating in Gdansk since 1957 and is subordinate to the Wroclaw-Gdańsk Diocese.
The temple was seriously damaged by an explosion of ammunition during the Second World War. It had to be rebuilt. Local architects treated the historical buildings with great care and tried to recreate them in a form as close as possible to the original. Naturally, no original church interior items have survived here. The only portal, which dates back to 1647, remained unharmed. It goes into the lane (or in Polish the back street) of St. Bartholomew and leads to the southern vestibule. The temple has an iconostasis, which is typical for Greek Catholic churches. The interior of the church is decorated in the Byzantine style, that is, it is distinguished by its splendor, brightness and amazes with its colors. Most of the parishioners of this church are Poles of Ukrainian origin.
